Armanino McKenna names Matt Armanino COO

Armanino McKenna LLP has named Matt Armanino its first chief operating officer.

Before joining the San Ramon-based CPA firm, Armanino was an executive vice president of field operations for Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA) and before that was COO of WhereNet, a provider of wireless asset management systems, which was acquired by Zebra in 2007 for $126 million.

Armanino, a graduate of the University of Santa Clara School of Law, also was senior corporate counsel at Pleasanton-based PeopleSoft Inc.

He is the brother of Armanino McKenna's managing partner, Andy Armanino.

Armanino McKenna has offices in San Ramon, San Francisco, San Jose and Long Beach.